Oil Burner Maintenance and Troubleshooting

5-day course, 8:00 am-4:00 pm
(w/last day ending at noon)
$1,200 +tax

Ed Besch, Instructor
Besch Consultants

 

This four and a half-day course will offer skills to individuals interested in hydronic heating maintenance, troubleshooting and controls systems, as well as offering individuals the opportunity to receive the Silver and Gold Certificates through the National Oil Heat Research Alliance (NORA).

This 32-hour course will increase the student’s knowledge and ability to maintain and troubleshoot oil fired boilers and control systems. There will be six (6) NORA CEU credits awarded for this class.

Topical areas to be covered will include:

• Types of wet and dry base boilers and furnaces
• Combustion chambers and types of materials used in old and new boilers and furnaces and the repair chambers
• Controls and wiring used in oil heating systems
• Vacuum cleaning of the boiler and taking combustion efficiency readings of the oil burner operation
• Zone systems and their operation in the system